ireland_nicole
<font color=green>No brainer- the fairy wins it<br
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Love it! Awesome!Here is Darth Goofy for my son. Sorry no model he is in school meant to take a picture yesterday but it was a crazy day!
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really, really cute! Love the color combo!I've gotta say it...the more I use them, the more I love them! And Carla! I love Carla!
This is the Molly - I added a band to the top of the skirt piece before cutting it on the skirt edges.
And the pants are, of course, Easy Fit.
This is not what I had in mind for Sierra's Animal Kingdom outfit, but as soon as I did the Molly dress, I HAD to do it again! So perfectly simple!
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These are great, Marah; and Ryker's IslandMy older kids really love the tunics. It's called the "Patricia Tunic" by CarlaC/SisBoom. The pattern is at youcanmakethis.com They are adult sizes and they can be as simple (doing red/black/yellow) or as !!!DISNEY!!! (with lots of applique!) as you like. Here are a few of Lizzie's (she's 10 so they are a bit "loud" and busy) but my older teen has also said she would wear them too, I just haven't had time to make her any yet!
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There is a kids' version as well, I'm working on one for my 8 year old which I'll post up when I finish. It was supposed to be a Vida dress, but she decided she wanted a tunic like the big girls, too!
ps- Can you see the huge playyard we use to keep him safe when we aren't staring at him every second? Our living room and kitchen are open to each other but I didn't feel comfortable "leaving" him in the living room while sewing, even though I can see in there just fine- I guess something about looking at the machine a lot so I don't sew my fingers together. The Husband and I have started to call it "Ryker's Island." The kids can't understand why we laugh whenever we call it that. "Put your brother in Ryker's Island" "Get your brother out of Ryker's Island!!!' Yes, we're easily amused.

ummmm, what's the problem? I don't see anything unusualHmm, maybe this is one of the reasons it takes me so long to complete any sewing...
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Cute!!Mental note don't sew when you are sick! ACK oh well
here are some pants I made for my nephew..Mickey isn't exactly placed where I want him.
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completed Cindy outfit for my niece. I already am not happy with the applique but I couldn't find a toddler plane shirt to redo it. I posted Cindy a few days ago.
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So sorry about the ac/dishwasher; hope all is resolved soon.Is it me, or is this particular thread moving slower than usual?
Anyway I once again have some questions for everyone!
And just to complain a little....the air conditioning unit that cools my bedroom and Lilly's went out Tuesday. Thankfully it was just BARELY under warranty. It had a 5 year warranty and it was installed August 25, 2004 but it comes with a 30 day grace period so we barely squeaked by with it. They came yesterday and fixed it so I am cool again. And in case you were wondering, here in TX it's still pretty hot, both days when it was out it was around 95-96 degrees. So that all ended well! Yeah! But then last night I started my dishwasher and when the cycle ended there was a lot of standing water in the bottom. My DH and I tried to get it to empty but it wouldn't. We ended up emptying it as much as possible with a glass. Then he took the dishwasher out to see if the hose was clogged and it wasn't. So we called this morning to have it fixed. They will be here on Monday. Just that everything goes wrong at once! And I was hot. And now I have to do the dishes by hand (actually I will pobably make everyone eat off of paper plates!). And I wanted to share my annoyance with everyone!
As far as homemade gifts, I usually ask myself- would I sell this? Or would I buy this? And what would it be worth if I bought it? Honestly, I think those shirts are really adorable (DD's birthday is coming up BTW LOL) and I think they're really well done; a fabulous gift that shows you were really thinking of them. DD is getting just a bit older, so I made the birthday girl a purse for the last party.So here is what Claire and I did yesterday. She is still missing her BFF and best playmate since Grace is in kindergarden and goes to school 5 days a week as opposed to Claire's 3 days a week in Pre-K so we are trying to find things to do. She loves to "help" me with my sewing so this worked for us yesterday!
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We made shirts with their names on them. Claire pushed all of the buttons on my embroidery machine so that helped amuse her.
Looking for opinions.....I have been making these same t-shirts (well I change the name) for the girls to give as gifts when they go to b-day parties as well as a toy too. Do you think that is okay? I've been able to find the shirts for really cheap (although I haven't been able to find any short sleeve anymore so I am switching to long sleeve now) and thought they turned out cute but I didn't want anyone to think I was crazy for making them or the girls to be embarassed by a homemade gift.
Ooh, Oooh, can you pick me up too? I'm in TX as well, a few hours south, but I guess I can get to Dallas if I have to... LOLROAD TRIP!!!! Our minivan has been to the west coast 3 times and the east coast twice in the past 4 years, so maybe I could just circle around the midwest and load everybody up!
Super cute!! Very well coordinated!Kate (my dd) tells me that sister outfits shouldn't always match, but should COORIDINATE. She's 20 - what does she know?
At any rate, I coordinated these AK outfits. The pants set you've already seen. Here it is again, with little sister's dress:
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This is KINDA a Simply Sweet, and KINDA a stripwork jumper. Once again, love ya' Carla!
It will be ok, the hardest part is done. hugs to ya. fwiw, I've learned through much trial and error that involving my MIL is always, always a very bad idea indeed.AARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH..........not sure if you remember but my DD4 asked for a Disney Faries Dress for our Trip. Well i got the Simplicity pattern and I thought it looked hard but I had lots of encouragement from lots of you dissers....well, material arrived, pre washed it all and then cut out my pieces.....then it all went to pot.....
Had to aske Mother inlaw for help and i think this is where it got worse.......it's now 12.40am here and I have decided to call it a night....MIL went about an hour ago and we only compleated the bodice, well twice, the first one was compleatly wrong
Why oh why did I prommise DD that I would make her a dress for the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
I'm sticking with CarlaC in the future
Me too! I absolutely hate it and try to avoid it whenever possible.Who here has issues with their young children riding school buses on field trips due to the fact that most buses do NOT have seatbelts of any kind???
Oh, and I posted before, but I got a digitizing program for $15 that let's you do the lettering. It lets you do other digitzing too, but when your sister is Heathersue, WHY would I try that???
Here's the link for you:
http://www.lorileedesigns.com/seu.html
Theresa Joy; Have you figured out how to get fonts not included in the software to print as text in SEU? If so, could you share your wisdom pllllllllleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeeeee?